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Investigation of phase intergrowth morphologies in the system Zn2SiO4-SiO2 by photo-emission electron microscopy

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By means of photo-emission electron microscopy, which is described briefly, X-ray diffraction and electron microprobe analysis the hypo- and hypereutectic solidification in the system Zn2SiO4-SiO2 has been investigated. Faceted (idiomorphic) growth of stableα− and metastableΒ-zinc silicate with some excess SiO2 on the hypoeutectic side of the phase diagram and a metastable region of liquid immiscibility on the SiO2-rich (hypereutectic) side determine the respective phase intergrowth morphologies. Unconstrained eutectic solidification causes a “divorced eutectic” where the zinc silicate constituent grows first from the undercooled liquid, which is simultaneously enriched in SiO2.

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Weber, L., Oswald, H.R. Investigation of phase intergrowth morphologies in the system Zn2SiO4-SiO2 by photo-emission electron microscopy. J Mater Sci 10, 973–982 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00823214

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